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, there’s no way I thought I could climb Mt. Everest,” Nelson said. “Now I’ve done that.”His adventures into mountain climbing began years ago. The California attorney would hike around the foothills and mountains near Los Angeles with his children. “We climbed everything around here,” he said. “So we started climbing bigger things.” The mountains to conquer kept getting bigger, including Mt. Rainier in Washington. “Up in the Pacific Northwest, Mt. Rainier is one of the best play grounds anywhere

historically oppressed. Dean certainly is proud of her heritage, and is thankful the institution is honoring it. Opportunities for financial support on the basis of her individual tribal roots are significantly limited, Dean stressed, so she is especially grateful for PLU’s scholarship for native students. The intended nursing student applied to PLU on a whim, but has fallen in love since coming to campus. “I love how small the campus is and I love that the class sizes are so small,” Dean said. “You get to

campus for liquid-nitrogen ice cream and desserts, hands-on chemistry activities and flashy chemical demonstrations by faculty and Chem Club students. This year’s event was held April 15 in the Rieke Lobby and Open Chem Lab, where science projects popped, banged, flashed, glowed and even oozed—and science fans oohed and ahhed (and covered their ears).—Sandy Deneau Dunham, PLU Marketing & Communications Read Previous PLU Forensics Team Places Among Top 30 in the Nation Read Next Pacific Lutheran

WSU & ISU REU Internship Opportunity Posted by: alemanem / January 22, 2019 January 22, 2019 WSU and ISU are recruiting interns for the NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) that is connected to the NSF center on Bioplastics and Biocomposites (CB2). This is a great opportunity for students to gain hands on research experience in the fast-growing field of sustainable materials.  This is a unique REU program as the projects are all closely related to industry and have industry mentors

On Exhibit (Virtually): Wang Center Contest Winners Posted by: Holly Senn / April 13, 2020 April 13, 2020 While Mortvedt Library’s building is closed during the COVID-19 pandemic our exhibits continue–we are highlighting PLU students’ work online. Follow this link to the virtual exhibit of the Wang Center’s photo and video contest winners. The Annual Wang Center Photo & Video Contest is an opportunity for students to reflect upon their study away experience and to share images with the PLU

April 18, 2008 Renowned poet to speak on Earth Day Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Mary Oliver is slated to celebrated Earth Day 2008 with a presentation in Lagerquist Concert Hall. Oliver is renowned for her evocative and precise imagery, which brings nature into clear focus and transforms the everyday world into a place of magic and discovery. Tickets to her speech in Lagerquist and at a satellite viewing location in Ingram sold out quickly. Those who do attend are required to present a PLU ID

October 4, 2012 Doug Smith ’15 and Aiko Nakagawa ’15 after chalking advertising for “unPLUg” a sustainability and low power use push at PLU. (Photo by John Froschauer) UnPLUg aims to create culture of conservation By Katherine Baumann ’14 The lights are off but the competition is on. Students in the 10 resident halls across campus are vying against themselves to see who can save the most energy during the month of October in the annual UnPLUg competition. The UnPLUg tradition began in 2009 with

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is reward enough for businesses to join in and take part in the site, Hart said. The idea has been such a success; it won the PLU Business Plan Competition, sponsored by the Herbert B. Jones Foundation,   earlier this year. The competition is open to PLU students or alumni who have started a business that’s less than a year old. Since Hart and Pogue first came up with the idea in April of 2009, then launched the site with $7,500 in start up money, it has taken off and is now in the black.  Hart

. “Integrity of character is important,” he said. “And a preference for diversity, respect and technical savvy.” That’s why programs such as J-term are so important, he said. Brock served 11 years as the dean of business at Sigmund Weis School of Business at Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania. That university has a successful study abroad program where students spend a semester in London, he said. After the students returned, they were changed, he said. “They realize they can do this,” Brock laughed